It all depends what the republicans do if they are defeated.

If they fight among themselves, they are doomed.

I don’t think Obama will have a long time to savor his victory. Something will happen that will define his presidency.

Fred: Any iteration of a subsidized medical system will be measurably and dramatically worse than what they have now. When Europe and Canada implemented their systems, it was an improvement over what existed. The US has a substantial system already that serves the population well, notwithstanding problems that exist. There is a real potential of breaking it rather than improving it.

Obama hasn’t shown the ability to make things he touches work. He is able to make people like him. A big difference.

I don’t think there is any slop left anywhere. Almost everything is on a knife edge, and any misstep will create a disaster. That makes a new New Deal a pipe dream. There ain’t anything to make a new deal with.

Derek (who doesn’t think that Obama has clinched it yet. We just had an election here where the conservatives were coasting to a majority, then lost it in the last two weeks.)